It's an odd thing, honestly, andI'm not sure it fits what should be a merry occasion," I said. That justearned eager looks and words of encouragement.... I suppose mystery was moreinteresting than merriment. Vexed, I took a breath before continuing."Alright, alright. Thomas, you brought it up, so you get the curtains.Shut them tight, it needs to be dark for the, eh, spell, to work."Nervous murmurs rose as the curtains were closed, snuffing most of thelight. I could make out the excited grins on. At the time I was living in Montana, I booked a flight to Nevada and made reservations for a room at a nice hotel outside of Reno. Not realizing how hot it was, the clothes I packed were to heavy to wear. Being there for just a few days I bought a couple of pairs of pants and some shirts there. I showered and dressed to go out, but when I stepped outside it was still over 100 degrees. I went back in and took off my t-shirt and boxers. The feeling of freedom was exciting but a bit cooler. I. The Defense Department discovered signs of testing by the Soviet Union on the R7 Semiorka rocket, suspected to be undergoing flight tests in Kazachstan. It would be the first successful nuclear ICBM, able to bomb targets anywhere in the United States. The Eisenhower administration reported that the massive multi-stage rocket could be capable of launching the first space satellites, and might even be capable of traveling to the moon before the United States could develop similar craft.Wonderful. Kyp had traded 33 of the FX-7 droids to the Jawa's who had arrived the next day in their sandcrawler to try and scavenge the wreck for parts. The Jawa's had provided not only Kyp's landspeeder but also enough food and water for the crew to live on for awhile while they rebuilt the Exiv with the parts the Jawa's had also supplied. Only the Exiv required a T3-C478D chip that the Jawa's didn't have in stock at that time.So our shipwrecked crew set about to live life as best they could on Tatooine..